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the neverending reference interview of lifeFri, 20 Feb 2015 12:31:54 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: The Reference Singularity « Agnostic, Maybehttps://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/the-personal-reference-touch/#comment-729
Mon, 12 Apr 2010 05:42:13 +0000http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/?p=169#comment-729[…] out how the interviews could possibly be measured (and maybe re-labeling reference service as an “information concierge”), but I had not really considered examining the interaction itself and the implications of all […]
]]>By: Andyhttps://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/the-personal-reference-touch/#comment-39
Tue, 19 May 2009 01:38:34 +0000http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/?p=169#comment-39Consigliere has such connotations! Although, I would accept its meaning as counselor, for certain.
]]>By: Alan Aitkenhttps://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/the-personal-reference-touch/#comment-38
Mon, 18 May 2009 11:39:21 +0000http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/?p=169#comment-38I agree with the “…attends to the requests and needs of their client…” part of the job description, but ‘concierge’ conjours up too many images of spivs and gatekeepers for my taste! How about ‘consigliere’? (If we can find a way round the ‘omertà’ thing ;-))

The ‘personal information trainer’ concept has been mooted as “… a well-targeted and sparingly used employee benefit…” offered by corporate libraries (Basefsky, S. “The personal information trainer.” Information Outlook 11.11 (2007): 11-17) which also has its attractions, but I’m not entirely convinced by the exclusivity angle.